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Dot Thurby with some of the thousands of water bottles the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs distributes to members every day.

Tribes hope infrastructure law means they'll finally get clean drinking water

The Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon has been without clean drinking water for years, the just-passed infrastructure bill promises to fix that.

The canal that provided water from mainland Ukraine to Crimea, which Ukraine blocked after Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014, is now reopened and flowing.

Russia has achieved at least 1 of its war goals: return Ukraine's water to Crimea

Access to water for the Crimean Peninsula was one of the issues that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Cape Coral officials rescinded a mandatory boil water advisory due to E. coli found in the public drinking water system 18 hours after they imposed it

Lee County Utilities customers may notice a temporary change in taste, odor and color of their water

For a good part of May, if you draw a glass of water and you’re a Lee County Utilities customer, you might notice a change in the taste, odor and color of the water.The utility will be temporarily converting its disinfectant process from chloramines to free chlorine residual from May 1 through 21.

A pedestrian crosses a street as the strongest storm in six years slammed Southern California, in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 17, 2017. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

Why California's Wet Winter Doesn't Solve Its Long-Term Water Problems

Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to the state's drought this month, lifting emergency water restrictions in all but a few counties.

Tesla's first European factory needs more water to expand. Drought stands in its way

The manufacturing plant is in the east German state of Brandenburg, one of the most water-scarce regions of the country. Residents fear an expansion would lead to a water shortage.

Infections from <em>Naegleria fowleri </em>are possible when people use contaminated tap water in nasal rinses.

A man dies of a brain-eating amoeba, possibly from rinsing his sinuses with tap water

Florida health officials are investigating the death and urging people to take precautions. Here's what to know if you're planning on breaking out your neti pot or swimming in a lake anytime soon.

Monica Medina, assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs is pictured on Sept. 20 in New York City. She will take on additional responsibilities as an envoy on biodiversity and water resources.

Threats to water and biodiversity are linked. A new U.S. envoy role tackles them both

"The loss of nature and rising water insecurity are global health threats that must be confronted together," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Mandatory irrigation connection letters mailed to properties in NE Cape Coral water-shortage area

Around 1,000 properties in Northeast Cape Coral will be required to connect to the city irrigation system within six months according to letters just issued from the city.The connection demand comes as part of an emergency order contained in a November 2023 ordinance. The ordinance was created in response to issues with the Mid-Hawthorne Aquifer, the underground water source for the portion of Cape Coral affected.Only properties in the water-shortage area served by the aquifer and only where City irrigation service is already available will be affected.

An explosion used to blast a canal that will lead to the Everglades super-reservoir, which will be part of the 17,000-acre complex of manmade wetlands to treat nutrient pollution from water released from Lake Okeechobee before it's released to the south, restoring a portion of the original flow through the River of Grass

Appeals court rules against sugar industry in quest to secure water meant for Everglades restoration

An appeals court rules the sugar industry could not take water meant for the Everglades when the EAA is completed in about a decade

Lake O Back Pumping and Releases into Caloosahatchee River Brings Murky Brown Water to Sanibel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiL_RukhypsWater around the Sanibel Causeway has become a murky brown color due to polluted farm water making its way down…

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